The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-11

that, having been foiled in open attempts
to coerce the Sultan's policy, Russia should
have massed the palace cabal against His
Maiestv's intimate advisers. The object OF
the intrigue, however, has been rather to
brighten the Sultan than to get rid OF GER
tain men.
A Halifax dispatch to the ''Sun" states
that the Nova Scotians are much dlssatls-
fed by the duty of $500 on pig-iron, and
the removal of the duty on hard coal
which sends Canadian manufacturers to
Pennsylvania instead of Nova Scotia. The
result is that annexation talk is increas-
ing.
The fire at the Opera Comique, in Paris
appears to have been much more disas-
trous to human life than was at first re-
ported Latest accounts state that sixty
bodies have been recovered, and it was be-
ieved that $50 more remained in the ruins.
Many of those engaged in searching for
them have been made i'll by the stencil
arising from the debris.
A special dispatch to the Chronicle
from Washington says: The venerable
Admiral Ammen and other Nicaragua
Canal people are again showing signs of
activity Ammen proposes not to rest I'M
til the Nicaragua Canal is a success. He
hes made the Nicaragua scheme almost a
lifework. The others associated with him
are fnanciers.
Official accounts have now reached
Washington from naval sources confirm
ing the dispatch of May 10th from Pan
anna, detailing the great cavern on the De
Lesseps canal. The slip was caused by
underground currents of water which had
been disturbed and diverted by the canal
excavation. 1t is believed by naval peo-
pie here, who have given the subject at
tentiOn, that the land slip of the Panama
Canal is more significant than the French
engineers affect to think. as it indicates a
stratum of gravel which will for time
serve as a channel for the subterranean
water, the effect of which upon the future
of the waterway is obvious:
Correspondence has recently passed be-
tween the Secretary of State at Washing
ton and the British Minister on the sub
ject of the immigration of Irish crofters,
whose transportation expenses, it is cur
rently reported, are met by the English
Government. In answer to inquiries by
the British Minister as to whether the
Government intends to take any action in
the premises, Secretary Bayard states that
he cannot give a general reply, but that
each case will be considered upon it's
merits. He intimates, however, that send
ing paupers who are likely to become a
public charge to the United States by the
British Government would be regarded as
an unfriendly act.
Don Carlos of Spain, who is travelling in
cognito as Count de Breau, and whose ar
rival at Lima, Peru, was reported on May
30th, is figuring as the center of new sem
sat1on in Mexico, where it is stated that a
plot exists TO incite a revolution, overthrow
the republic and place Don Carlos on the
throne. The organs of the Clerical party
ridicule the report, but the monitor
publican" very influential Liberal jour
nal publishes a significant article giving
credence to it. The article is claimed to be
based upon special confrmatory informa-
ton. Its tone is intensely hostile to the
Clerical party. Advices from Panama dis
credit the story, and state that Don Carlos
is travelling with an Austrian passport, and
intends visiting the east coast of South
America.